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PART TWO: DECEPTION

CHAPTER-TEN

REBIRTH

©2017, Olan L. Smith

Reuben could feel and see his arms and legs as he traveled with The Twelve, along with his wives. However, as he looked at his wives they bore little resemblance to their earthly selves. Only their faces resembled them, while the rest of their bodies seem quite alien. More ghostly in appearance, and his words failed him. They looked at him and he assumed they were thinking the same thing. Inside the Holy of Holies, Reuben saw two winged creatures covered in gold, whose wingspans equaled the width of the room. The tips of their inner wings touched in the middle of the room and their outer wings touched the outer walls. In front of them sat a box, with poles running through rings on both sides, this was so the box could be carried. He assumed that this box was the Ark of the Covenant of movie lore. A voice entered his mind, the voice was that of Joseph who spoke for the twelve. "Do not touch anything while here. In this place resides the spirit of the Lord. We are here to pray, to meditate that we can hear the voice of God, it is only then that we will know his will, and how we should proceed. In here, your thoughts must remain pure, or you will suffer the second death. We will remain quiet and wait for the Lord to speak to us."

To Reuben it seemed instantaneous when he heard the voice of Yahweh say. "My son Reuben, your presence is of great importance to me, you shall lead my people against the forces of Satan who align themselves with this nation. You are strength, and I grid your loins. My Voice shall be your breastplate, and your shield will be the Truth. My people will listen to your words and obey them as though they were mine. Your wives shall be your sword, battle-ax and bow. My people will be your arrows. Your aim shall never miss its mark, and the people of the Voice, and the remaining child of Satan will murder Levi. I will use you as my revenge and you shall fight her to the sea. She will flee to a distant shore and there they shall remain until the final battle between Gog and Magog. When the daughter of Satan is driven into the sea you will bend to the President and pledge your allegiance to her. Tonight, you will dream a dream and in the vision you will meet with your angel, the guide I will send to you as a helpmeet. I will bless you with many wives and your wives with many husbands. Greta, Alicia, and the rest shall bear you children who will all live to see my return, but the three of you will return to me before that day, for you are the first fruit of the harvest. Greta and Alicia both received their messages from me." The voice of the Twelve spoke, "It is finished. You must return to your bodies to sustain life." Now, return to your bodies before they perish.

Greta asked, "How long were we away?"

Joseph replied, "Time has no meaning to the spirit world. This is the seventh day, and you sustained."

Alicia replied, "Seven days? It only felt like a few seconds." The twelve vanished and Alicia awoke in her body. She felt very weak as she struggled to raise her head. Peering to her right and left, she saw her companions stirring. Alicia found she was no longer seated at the same long table as before. She looked down, and she could see she was in a hospital bed. Alicia said, "Man, what a trip."

Reuben replied, "My mouth taste like cotton and my stomach feels so hungry I could literally eat a horse. Where do you eat in this place?"

From behind them Ruth said, "I brought you cold water to drink. She poured the water into the three goblets sitting on the adjustable trays beside their beds. "I've watched over your bodies, while you were with The Twelve. You were in a coma, and are very weak, so I had you moved here. I'll have the nurses aid you to our cafeteria, when you are able to walk." She gave them the water from the golden chalices and the water relieved their thirst. Greta was first to rise from her bed and she could feel the blood that pooled in her butt slowly begin to circulate in her body, then the pain surged through her legs, like a thousand tiny knives coursing through her veins; she could not stand. She fell back to her bed and grimaced in pain, daring not to scream in this holy place. Ruth said, "My child, it is well that you scream, the Lord knows of your pain." Hearing those words, Greta screamed like a screech owl. It sent chills up and down the backs of Alicia and Reuben. Reuben did not want to stand, but he knew he must, or else remain here for the rest of time, he was eager to start his mission. He rubbed his legs as the nurses aided him to stand, but he didn't make it up before he fell back in his bed. He too could feel the blood rushing to his legs, so he decided to take it in stages. He got out of the bed and dropped down on one knee. He draped his chest over his knee and placed his hands on the gold plated floor like a runner at the starting point. He couldn't feel his legs, and he began to teeter to his right. The nurses tried to steady him as he collapsed to the floor. Reuben cried. The nurses moved to Alicia, but she had a better understanding of science, stretched out her arms and began to swing them to the side and back to her chest in a pumping motion. Without standing, she felt the action force the blood into her legs. The pain was intense. She bent over and with her hands forced more blood to her legs. She did this routine after hours of work at her computer. When the pain became too much to bear, she opened her mouth and let out a tremendous scream and felt the fluids in her cheekbones begin to secrete endorphins in to her body. Slowly, her nerves returned to normal and she stood up, only to fall back on the bed.